jenn4turtles
Juvie Member
Hello, everyone!
As I posted on Smauggie's thread, she has been having some stomach issues, and the vet had a cancellation this morning, so I took her in a week early, and brought them this morning's stool sample, which was still mushy.
She weighs 692.5, which I'm glad about! For those who haven't read my thread, she's a little over 2 years old, and we purchased her from PetSmart (I know, but I felt like I was rescuing her) when she was a tiny baby, roughly a month or so old. Also gonna post on her thread.
I had the vet give me a print-out, just so I could read over it later, in case I forgot anything. So .... I want to share it with y'all. Of course, I've been googling it all afternoon, but that was getting scary, so I'm hoping that someone out here can help! Just looking for someone else who is familiar with this.
As for the exam findings, abdominal palpation showed liquid in her intestines, but was otherwise normal. Remainder of physical exam was normal.
Lab findings: fecal warm saline on the fresh stool revealed moderate levels of motile protozoa (giardia and trichomonas). Two fecal flotations were run and were both negative for parasites.
Tentative diagnosis: Smauggie is possibly becoming sensitive to the intestinal protozoa, which can cause diarrhea.
Recommendations: Thoroughly clean out her cage at home to prevent possible recontamination.
Medication: Flagyl was given to treat for the protozoa. This needs to be repeated in 2 weeks.
I'd like to add, regarding medication, that she told me it was a medication that started with an "M", but the summary said "Flagyl". Maybe a generic name for same med?
We are scheduled to go back in 2 weeks for a repeat.
It says that it didn't find any parasites, but aren't protozoas parasites?
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm sure that I'm just worrying myself for nothing; she's receiving treatment, and I am going to thoroughly clean the tank this evening, but I'm still worried about my "baby" dragon.
As I posted on Smauggie's thread, she has been having some stomach issues, and the vet had a cancellation this morning, so I took her in a week early, and brought them this morning's stool sample, which was still mushy.
She weighs 692.5, which I'm glad about! For those who haven't read my thread, she's a little over 2 years old, and we purchased her from PetSmart (I know, but I felt like I was rescuing her) when she was a tiny baby, roughly a month or so old. Also gonna post on her thread.
I had the vet give me a print-out, just so I could read over it later, in case I forgot anything. So .... I want to share it with y'all. Of course, I've been googling it all afternoon, but that was getting scary, so I'm hoping that someone out here can help! Just looking for someone else who is familiar with this.
As for the exam findings, abdominal palpation showed liquid in her intestines, but was otherwise normal. Remainder of physical exam was normal.
Lab findings: fecal warm saline on the fresh stool revealed moderate levels of motile protozoa (giardia and trichomonas). Two fecal flotations were run and were both negative for parasites.
Tentative diagnosis: Smauggie is possibly becoming sensitive to the intestinal protozoa, which can cause diarrhea.
Recommendations: Thoroughly clean out her cage at home to prevent possible recontamination.
Medication: Flagyl was given to treat for the protozoa. This needs to be repeated in 2 weeks.
I'd like to add, regarding medication, that she told me it was a medication that started with an "M", but the summary said "Flagyl". Maybe a generic name for same med?
We are scheduled to go back in 2 weeks for a repeat.
It says that it didn't find any parasites, but aren't protozoas parasites?
Has anyone else experienced this? I'm sure that I'm just worrying myself for nothing; she's receiving treatment, and I am going to thoroughly clean the tank this evening, but I'm still worried about my "baby" dragon.